Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-14
THE MARSHALL MONUMENT.
The Citizens of Coloma Propose Armed
Resistance to the Commissioners.

The Citizens of Co1oma Propose Armed
Resistance to the Commissioners.
The question as te where the monument
to James w. Marshall is to be erected,
seems to have caused no little stir in
Coloma. The Commissioners appointed
by the Governor to carry out the Act passed
by the last Legislature, appropriating
5000 for that purpose, have not as yet met
for organization, and if there is any danger
of their being shot while in the perform
ance of that duty. the monument may
never be erected. Coloma has beautiful
little cemetery overlooking the village,
easy of access, and is the only suitable
place for this monument. Where Marshall
| is buried is back OF the town, in secluded
spot, and where the monument would
never be seer. except by the hunter who
prowls in the chaparral for the lively jack
rabbit or the whirring quail. If the re-
mains cannot be removed to the cemetery,
then it is better far that the Commission
refuse to carry out the proposed measure,
and let the money lapse into the treasury.
A correspondent writing from Coloma to
the Placerville Obse'per says:
40 Hello, MARSHALL Hello, White =
was the salutation of two old Californians
WHO QGu hDOMU OlQtI luItN-llNt
years. 1t took place in front of the Sierra
Nevada Hotel, at Coloma, on April To-
| 1885. The occasion of the meeting was the
funeral of Miss Mailer. The Marshall
spoken of was j. w. Marshall. The old
man looked feeble, and your correspond
ent, after the usual. hand shake, put
the question to Marshall, Where shall we
bury YOU when you die?' The old man
was pleased to think that anybody cared
where he should be buried and taking
your correspondent by the arm, he took
two or three steps along the porch TO where
he could get clear view of Marshall Hill,
his old homestead, he turned TO draw Dr.
Chamberlain's attention, with whom he
was then negotiating sale, and said,
White, reserve fifty feet square on the
point of the hill and want to be buried
| there Chamberlain in reply to Marshall,
said, You can reserve any amount you
wish, Mr.. Marshall Your correspondent
replied, We shall see that your are laid
| there, Marshall And now let me state
| that we shall see that he stays there.
"On the morning of the day before
MarshalPs funeral, your correspondent
was in Coloma when the question of where
| he wished to be laid was under discussion.
| When Marshall's wish was made known,
| Henry Mailer took a stake with white
handkerchief on it, climbed the hill, and
was directed by your correspondent from
the street to the spot that Marshall pointed
to, and there he drove the stake. Mrs
| Weller directed Andrew Munro to dig the
grave and she would pay him. So the old
man was laid as near as possible to the spot
| on his old homestead that he had pointed
to. The foregoing are the simple facts as
to why Marshall is buried where he is
Several of our best citizens heard Mar
shall's request, saw the pointing out of hi:
grave, and are ready to verify what have
| written.
1--WE of Coloma hereby give notice tc
the editor of the Buag To,Un Bugle, who
proposes to remove the remains of Mar
shall, thai if he will give US two hours no
tice we will have one hundred rifles with {
good and true man behind each, ready tt
protect Marshall's bones where he wished
them to rest"
Does this correspondent represent thu
citizens of Coioma? 1t is strange tina
they should now wish to defend hi
secluded grave with rifles, when in his life
time they utterly ignored, and allowed
him to die of want and starvation, alone
and neglected in his cabin.